Combination furniture



June 21, 1927. 1,632,790

J.w.FRYER COMBINATION FURNITURE A l 632 790 Jung 21, 19427. JI w FRYER v 1 COMBINATION FURNITURE Filed April 15. 192e 2 sheets-sneer 2 Patented June 2l, 1927.

UNT-ED s JOHN rWALIER FRYER, vOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. v

@Marmor FURNITURE.

Application niedjsprn 15, 193e. serial No. 192,221.

My invention has relation to improve ments in convertible furniture, one piece of furniture being adapted for purposes of a bed, tab-le or settee; it consists v in the vnovel features of construction. more fully set forth f in the specification and pointed outin fthe claims.

Briefly, the invention consists 1n a. pair of pixtaposedsupportmg members :suspended by ,hangers"ffrom` spaced supporting frsi'nes, said supporting members when `suj'spended in their lowerrnost position, Aserving the ,purpose of a bed. These supporting members are capable o f rotation to an kin- '3 verted p ositionin a plane ,in line with the upper surface of the supporting frames for the purpose of Aconversion Vinto a table, yand either section may be adjusted to a position adjacent Vand perpendicular to the other section when the invention is' adapted for the purpose .of aisettee or divan. Obviously reslienjt springs are provided on the support# ingmembers -over `which is placed ,a ,mattress when the furniture is in the condition of a' bed, said springs and mattress', however, coming .on ythe inner vside of the suppQrting ineinberswhen they have vbeen moved to the table position. i i

@1T-he advantages Qf the .'.nventnn 'are 0bvious A,in "that elle :piece Qf furniture ,may be mad@ .to serve' the ,purpQSeS 0f three ,a simple adjustment f .the Parts. .lriadd '.011 to .providing a ,piece vo f furniture with 'this three-fold function, it is the objectltocenstitute ,the inventicn with l as ffew' parts aslp'os sible and atthe vSallie timeproviderigidity and cheapnessgf,manufacture urth'er ojbjects of the inventicn are better apparent from f a detailed `description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which-4 ,Fig l1 is va top plan V`of jtheifurniture when the supporting `members are in f a position Ato forma bed; Fig. 2 is a combined sidee'levation and vvertical longitudinaljsection taken on `the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. Sis a sectional enlargement offthe 'lef-t endof the supporting member. of sthe bed shown in Fig. -2; Fig. lis an enjl ar,g ,ed cross sectional detailtalen onthe li-ne Of Fig. 6; Fig. 5 iszanend elevation of the ,invention with part broken, away when the Suppoltnsmembers are Ain suspended position to constitute a bed; Fig. 6 is an end elevation 'of the inventon ,with Aparts broken @wey when the SUnPQrtng Jaellers are elevated `and invetted `'for the l purposek of yc( n istituting a table; Fig. 7 is an end elevation ofthe in- Venti@ with vthe ,Supporting members ,PQS- tioned ,so yas to constitute.afsetteeg F igf 8 a .perspective View y@t one 0i' the brackets rfrm which -thesupporung members .are .sus-

pended; Fig. 9 is al perspective view of one o f the hangers by which the vsupporting membersare nsuspended yfrom the brackets;

Fig. l is ,a Vcross 'Sectiellal detail taken '0.11

the' line lil-,1 0 0f Fis 2; and Fis 11 isr a perspective view ofa 'fragnientofa support ing member looking toward one end and showing ,the lec'kins 'ker whereby ,Sa-id member ,Shsld in ifxel relation t0 thefhallsr- Referring to the drawings, l, 1 represent supporting frames. and ,constitute 'end 'frames when the invention is inthe .position of albel. From -the :under side of the cross ,rails 2 of eaclrsuppoi'ting frame, two brackets 3, 3, suspended, lsaid brackets being spaced 10nefourtli the Alength of the .rail 2 from each end thereof. The brackets 3 have Isockets l formed von k their lower eXtrem-ities and Va recess ijsforined in the sinnerbounding Awall 6 of the ,socket .4. It will be `observed that therecess 5 doesnotextend to the same depth asthesec'kei More purpose that .will pres ently `appear. The aligning Abracketsdepending from Opp-@ite wp rails 2, 2er@ in" opposed lrelation .and constituteV a pair, from vwhich pair ko ffbrackets a supporting member A ..iS .Suspemlel'by means 0f hansls 7 7 in the following ina-nner: Each hanger 7 has e .Spindle 8 Projecting from its upper end, saidspindle tern'iinating in an enlarged disc 9, said spindle and disc being adapted togrestvand rfotatein the recess and socket 4 :of hans@ flinch supporting member A consists of a box-"like 'frame 1 in which are distributed a plurality ,of springs 11, springs projectin'gslightly above theisides 12 of 'the box frame 10", 'and a mattress 1 3 rests on the springs 11, said mattress being held in -pla'fce by ,alnumber o f marginal mattress holders 14. The"holders 14 each consistof a rod 15 which rpasses through an opening 16 ,in the mattress and :through 4'an :opening` 17 in the side rails 12 vand end rails '1S`cfthe-lrame 10. These rails 12 and 1f8*are `pro-vided with marginal sockets ,19 each yof which--receives the inner end of rod 15, said endfbeing vSi) thneaded 'and "having secured thereon a disc Jbet'lYG/Ql which th@ Atop of the socket 19 ifled aspri-ngel 'is secured. The upper en'd of the )rod 15 'has a'gdisc fixed on I it from thelower part of the hanger 7. .The

bearing 23 isfprovided with the movable cap 24 to permit the trunnion 26 to be received within the bearing,"said bearing and trune `nion being rotatable relative one to the other.'`

Each section A is thus suspended from a pair of hangers` 7, the sections being rotatable relative to the, hangers` and the hangers themselves being rotatable within the-socket 4of the bracket 3.` j e Obviously, the section mustbe held in vfixed relation to the hanger 7 for any given position as must also'the hanger withrelation tothe bracket 3. The hanger 7 is held against movement in the bracket by means of a pin 28 which is insertible through an opening 29 in the rear wall of the socket 4 and adaptedto engage in one of three notches, 30, 30 and 30.v ninetyfdegrees apart on the periphery of the disc 9. VWhen the Sections i Aare in the position to form a bed, each pin 28 is disposed in notch 30 of each hanger 7, and when the sections are inverted and elevated to form a table as shown ,in

1 Fig. 6, the pin 28 is in the notch 30; when either section is in a vertical position as Y shown in Fig. 7 ,the pin is in the notch 30.

The bracket 7 is provided with lateral eX- tensions 7', 7 to which aresecured wear plates 31, 31, said plates being in contacting relationwith wear plates 32, 32 secured to each end rail 18. An elongated opening 33 is provided in the plates 31 and 3 2 near their inner ends, the opening 33 being elongated laterally so as `to prevent. a lock key 34 from slipping out of the openings, the lock key having a downwardly'turned inner extension 35 which makes it impossible to remove the key 34 fromthe openings except when it is turned inthe directionso that the extremity 35` is4 co-extensivewith the opening 33. It ,will be observed referring to Figs. 5, 6 and `7 that the outer` extremity 36 of the lock key will hold this key by gravity in the same position irrespec` tive of the positions ofthe sections A, that Vis, with the extremity 36 pointingdownwardly. As the elongated opening 33 does not point downwardly for any Voperative position of the section A, the key, cannot be# come displaced fromits locking position.

Obviously, clearance mustbe provided between the endsof thesection A andthe supporting frames 1,l the result of which is that when the sections A are raised as shown in Figs; 4 and 6 to 4form a'table, there will be a crack between the ends of the sections and the cross bar 2'of each end frame. A crack would be detrimental to the use ofthe table,

sired, these sections may be inverted swung upwardly as shown in Fig. 6 to form a table. In performing this operation, it is obvious that the pins 28 and keys 34 must first be removed so as to permit a relative movement of the parts after which the seal- Y ing bars 37 are swung outwardl as shown in Fig. 4 andthe sections A, A e evated into place in contact with the inclined ed e 41 of each bar 37. When the sections A, are raised, a continuous table surface is formed of the under side of the box frames 10, sealing bars 37 and top surface of end bars 2,

2. It' it is desired to form a settee, only one of the sections A is released from the lock` ing pins after which it is rotated to the position shown in Fig. 7 (that is perpendicular to the other section A), the lock pins being then restored to hold the section in suchy position. f

The springs 11 are not herein described in detail as they form the subject of a copending application ledby me on the third day of April, 1926 under Serial No. 99,564.

Obviously, other types of springs may be used and the specific features of ,construction` therein shown may be departed from any such particulars as ,come within the purview of a. skilled mechanic.` l

Having described my invention, I claim:

` `LA combinationbed and table compris ing supporting frames in spaced relation, a

pair ofbrackets secured to the supporting frames, the lower end of each bracket terminating in a bearing, a pair of hangers pivotally mounted in 'the bearings Vof the brackets, said hangers each terminating at its outer end in a trunnion,a supportin member suspended from thehangers, said supporting member having bearings at each end, said bearings `receiving the trunnions and being rotatable thereon, said supporting member being adapted to form a bed in its lowermost position, and being movable to a plane in line with the top of the supporting frames to 'form a table, and means for locking the supporting member in each of said'` positions. v i g 2. A combination bed and table comprising supporting frames in spacedrelation, a pair of brackets secured to the supporting los frames, the lower end of each bracket terminating in a. bearing, a pair of hangers pivotally mounted in the bearings of the brackets, said hangers each terminating at its outer end in a trunnion, a. supporting member suspended from the hangers, said supporting member having bearings at each end, said bearings receiving the tiunnions and being rotatable thereon, said supporting member being adapted to form a bed in its lowermost position and being movable to a plane in line with the top of the supporting frames to form a table, means for locking the supporting member in each of said posi* tions, and means on the inside surface of said supporting frames for closing the clearance space between said frames and supporting member When the latter is raised to form a table.

signature.

JOHN WALTER FRYER. 

